I blew it. I committed an error. I authored a gaffe . . . or rather, I spoke one. And what can I say other than . . . oops?

If you dial up the slide show here on syracuses.com -- the one from Super Bowl Media Day . . . the one with the wonderful photos taken by Frank Ordonez and the words supplied by me -- you'll hear me refer to Roland Williams, the former Syracuse Univesity tight end, as Roland Grimes, the former Syracuse University running back.

Pretty stupid, huh? And fairly unforgivable. But I did it, and I have to live with the foolishness while you have to suffer through it. And for that, I apologize. But do me a favor, will you? Don't tell Roland. Williams, that is.

Anyway . . .

As one bumps along the clogged highway on yet another media bus ride, one can't help but look to his (or her) left or right. And who knows who'll be seen?

Take this morning on the trip here to the Indianapolis Colts' posh hotel by the sea. There was Joe Staysniak in one seat and Larry Fitzgerald in another. And they were eager to shoot the breeze.

Well, maybe not eager. But willing. Hey, anything to pass the time.

First, Fitzgerald . . . and, no, it wasn't the Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver, but rather the father of the Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver. The elder Fitzgerald has been covering the NFL for a Minneapolis-area newspaper for 29 years and has attended each and every Super Bowl since Super Bowl XV. But his greatest fame has come with the siring of his son.

You remember the kid. Sure, you do. While little Larry was a Pittsburgh Panther, he made life fairly miserable for the Syracuse Orange. And now, he's doing the same to all those NFL defenders who've tried to run with him on Sunday afternoons.

Well, he's here soaking up the Super Bowl doings, but like so many of his playing colleagues -- that is, those who didn't qualify for the big game and can't bear to watch it -- he'll be leaving town before the kickoff Sunday evening.

"He's going on vacation," said old Larry of young Larry. "He's going to Australia. I never got him that far. The farthest away I ever took him was to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl."

Asked at the point if his son had become difficult, if he'd dared to blow off his old man seeking an interview or even a crust of a quote, Larry Sr. just laughed.

"Nah," he said. "Larry's still a good guy. No problems on that front."

Staysniak? An old offensive lineman, he was with the Buffalo Bills when they lost the first two of their four consecutive Super Bowls. And now, as a media guy working out of Indianapolis, he's come over to the dark side. Still, he holds a bit of a grudge . . . albeit, a soft one.

"People knock us, yeah," Joe said. "But you've got to be really good to get here . . . and we got here four times. We lost, but just getting to the Super Bowl year after year after year after year was an accomplishment. But if you ask somebody like Adam Vinatieri, he'll tell you it's not half as much fun to come to the Super Bowl unless you win the Super Bowl."

Anyway, Staysniak -- originally a Cleveland guy, and one who played for the Bills, the Colts and the Kansas City Chiefs during his NFL career -- still loves our state . . . especially Buffalo.

"Buffalo was the best," he said. "None of us ever bought a meal in that town. Or a beer. The fans just loved us. The people are great and the town is great. The weather never bothered me. I'd much rather be in Buffalo than here. Every time I come to a place like this or Los Angeles, I think I'm in Sodom or Gomorrah."